De Beers is talking about change, urging the trade to be proactive in dealing with a persistently uncertain and volatile market environment. While the company has directed its message to the diamond industry at large, and specifically to ...
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U.S. jewelry store sales jumped 8 percent year on year to $2.37 billion in July, according to the government's retail survey. The increase for jewelry stores was stronger than the overall jewelry and watch sector, which recorded a ...
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According to data released by the South African Revenue Service (SARS), in August of the current year the value of South Africa's exports of base metals and articles thereof totaled ZAR 9.77 billion ($865.62 million), decreasing by 6.2 ...
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According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) and the Turkish Undersecretariat of Customs, in the first eight months of this year the value of Turkey's iron and steel imports ...
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According to the data provided by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), in August this year Japanese automobile production (including passenger cars, trucks and buses) totaled 634,747 units, decreasing by 45,840 units or ...
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Photo courtesy of mallhaciel. The latest ABS Retail Trade figures show that Australian retail turnover rose 0.1 per cent in August 2014, following a rise of 0.4 per cent in July 2014, seasonally adjusted, according to the Australian ...
Rechi Precision Co., Ltd. executives predict the company to comfortably attain its goal of shipping 13 million air conditioner compressors in 2014 due to steady shipments in the low months. While Q3 is typically a low season, Rechi has ...
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Takaharu Fushimi has returned to the U.S. to assume his post as CEO of Yokohama Corp. of North America. Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (YRC) announced the return of Takaharu Fushimi to the United States to assume the post of chief executive ...
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In September this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector was at 43.6 percent, down by 4.8 percentage points as compared to August, still below the 50 percent threshold and falling to the lowest level of the ...
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American agribusiness company Cargill has reported net earnings of $425m in the fiscal 2015 first quarter ended 31 August, down 26% from $571m in the year-ago period. Revenues in the first three months totaled $33.3bn, a 2% change from ...
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Chrysler is recalling 18,245 vehicles due to issues with airbags which may deploy unexpectedly if the car passes through minor obstacles like potholes. The affected vehicle includes 2013-2015 Ram C/V Tradesman cargo vans, featuring two ...
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The cotton growing area in China in the 12 months is expected to decline to 63.40 million mu (about 4.23 million hectares), down 9.4 percent from the previous year, and the cotton yield is also forecast to plunge by half a million tonnes to ...
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The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 51.1 percent in September of the current year, stable compared to August, according to China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In the given month, the ...
China had exported 52.4 million tons of steel as of the end of August, up 36% from a year earlier as low domestic demand has left producers with a massive surplus, Bloomberg reported, citing data the news agency had complied. The price of ...
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